North Carolina May 15, 1779 $25 PCGS Apparent About New 50....

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North Carolina May 15, 1779 $25 PCGS Apparent About New 50.
This is the variety bearing the motto, "A free Commerce." In the
right-hand border, the word "Dollars" is spelled with a "Q" rather
than an "O." Oft times, these seeming mistakes were deliberately
done as sort of "secret marks," which in theory counterfeiters
would somehow not notice and therefore neglect to copy. Likely more
often than not, these secret marks were simple mistakes. The
secret-mark story was simply a cover up for sloppy work. This
cataloger often includes secret marks in his wrqte ups. The note is
not priced above the EF grade in Newman, where it is valued at
$1000. This nice About New has a repaired edge split at the top
center which accounts for the apparent grade.From The Midnight Ride Collection